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Performance One of the reasons I switched from Ubuntu to Mint is the increased fluidity of the interface. Using the operating system for daily tasks with multiple windows open in multiple workspaces demands a lot from the UI, but Mint has always done an excellent job of providing a snappy interface that simply feels wickedly fast. Windows 8 has done a good job of building on Windows 7’s Desktop Windows Manager (DWM) and harnessing GPU acceleration, but Mint 14 still feels more responsive when opening windows, switching applications, and just using the OS in general. For example, the minimize and restore animations are slick and lend to the feeling of speed — rather than a simple fade, windows appear to shrink/expand to/from nothing smoothly.

Verdict Although I currently use Windows 8 as my daily driver due to better game and CableCard support, I have followed Mint releases since version 11 Katya, and have continually been impressed by how fast each new Mint release runs on my system. In that respect, version 14 does not disappoint at all.

There are a couple of minor quirks with Mint 14, but overall I came away highly impressed with the new release. And with Steam and Netflix — two of the three major barriers to me switching to Linux Mint full-time —, the future is looking bright for the open-source operating system. I dual-booted the new Linux Mint distribution to test drive it, and after using it all day (and to write this article) I will be keeping it installed alongside, and I heartily recommend you try it out for yourself. You don’t understand software and operating systems at all.

—– Software is ported to Linux, not completely rewritten. The API’s are different so it’s like someone at an old time telephone switchboard reconnecting the program to make it work. I can take Linux Mint, install Wine, which is not a converter to run Windows programs on Linux, but an API converter and install MicroStation V8, which is a $6,000 CAD program.

People can’t tell them apart, except Windows locks up and crashes.:-) •. I can run $6,000 MicroStation on Linux using Wine with no adjustments and no problems. Most Linux users don’t have to use Wine because they find free open source programs equivalent to Windows programs. A good example is Scribus, which is better than Microsoft Publisher because you can directly edit the files. Proprietary, money making, Microsoft doesn’t allow that. Linux, Firefox, Chrome and other open source programs never supported Microsoft Active-X (mostly used in games).

It’s a security disaster and has a lengthy history of allowing and even endorsing Windows computers to be infected and taken over. It’s the key under the door mat for hackers and cyber criminals and Microsoft still uses it. Your posting here is an obvious sign of desperation and weakness, and certainly not any real discussion except communicating that you have read the other posts here and are seeing the popularity of Linux. People are using it without anydifficulty and finding it a more than adequate replacement for Microsoft. If the only value of Microsoft is presently available software, written by third parties, that’s pretty sad, because it’s not going to take much for the softare packages to start saying: “Works on Windoows, Apple and Linux” Microsoft having only a.

Serious things? What, such as crowbarring software to work that wasn’t meant to work with Linux? Or using a washing machine or some other smart household appliance which uses Linux?:P The only reason Linux doesn’t have viruses or malware because it does it all on its ownmeaning everything you want to run on Linux which wasn’t ported for it does so erratically or crashes. Also with Linux only about 1.64% of market share why would anyone bother to code malware?

Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against Linux but seriously its not a viable alternative to Windows or OSX •. All of you Linux guys At one end are the Apple fanbois who pay (much) more to get less and at the antipodal end are you guys, Linux fanbois, who pay nothing to get (much) less. Its a beauty to behold the natural balance in the universe. Guys, I’m a graphic designer and the software I use every day doesn’t work with Linux no matter how slick it looks.

It would be really nice if it did, but it doesn’t. So what’s with the SUV analogy?

I’m not a cheap misery bastard who can’t drop what amounts to a pittance on a OS which, OMG, has software which runs on it such as Win7. But hey, I’m really impressed that you guys can tweak a buggy printer driver, or have a job for 6 years using nothing but Linux (documents and emails huh?). I’m sure back in the day of DOS your config.sys allocated every single byte of 640k of memory and took hours to writewaitI’ll bet some of you are still using it too! You want to hurt Linux users? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better.

We’re easy targets. Yeah, you’re right, it doesn’t run CS6. But it also runs a lot of other great programs. We would be cold hearted cynics like youbut we don’t like to hurt people’s feelings.

Well, you think what you want about us, we’re not changing. We likeWe like Linux. My wife likes Linux. My friends like Linux.

‘Cause it’s open source. What you see is what you get. And I’m also a graphic designer, and a photographer, but I’m running Linux Mint on 3 of my 4 computers. I run dual boot Linux and Windows. Generally it’s Linux for work (I’m a software engineer and I find Windows sucks for development) and Windows for play (games and photography) or doing my taxes.

Checking hardware for Linux compatibility is needed, but I’ve never found that I had to miss out on something because there wasn’t Linux support for what I want to do. Windows though – there are some apps that you can’t find replacements for. I used to do Macs but the whole Power PC thing pissed me off so I stopped dancing to their tune. The whole Apple attitude towards its users is even worse now. Computers should be about personal freedom, not lock in. I run dual boot Linux and Windows.

Generally it’s Linux for work (I’m a software engineer and I find Windows sucks for development) and Windows for play (games and photography) or doing my taxes. Checking hardware for Linux compatibility is needed, but I’ve never found that I had to miss out on something because there wasn’t Linux support for what I want to do. Windows though – there are some apps that you can’t find replacements for. I used to do Macs but the whole Power PC thing pissed me off so I stopped dancing to their tune. The whole Apple attitude towards its users is even worse now.

Computers should be about personal freedom, not lock in. Frank, You are barking up the wrong tree The point that Linux does not run Windows programs is a very good thing–not a negative at all. Linux is not designed to run Windows executable programs and it should not be. You can use virtualization under Linux KVM and stuff a Windows VM into it and go that route if you really wanted to. Why would we want to run Windows designed programs under Linux? No way and no desire for that because it would pollute and entangle the entire Linux ecosystem.

Go whine to your precious proprietary application vendors if you want them to write solutions that accommodate Linux. Speak with your cash if you really want those application vendors to provide applications that run under Linux. You did mention that you spend money on software didn’t you?

Until then, just keep using Windows for what you want to need to use it for–since you seem to like it so much. Keep behaving as you are told–what they tell you to do (pay, pay, pay). You are obviously entrapped, by choice and necessity, on the Windows system. Just stay on the Merry-Go-Round–it is a good place for you to be. Yes yes I know so what are you suggesting? I should abandon Windows, Adobe, CorelDraw and others, spend millions on my own version of Industrial Light and Magic so I can design a nightclub logo and be smug with the fact I saved $100 on Win7?

Why should I be tarred with the epithet ‘Linux hater’ merely because I have a Win7 and I can’t use Linux? Marcel Proust if he could, possibly would have used MS Office! So if you’re calling the author of ‘A la recherche de temps perdu’ a “Linux hater”, I shall have to ask you to step outside!

Truebut Neon Frank does have good points. I love the new version of Linux Mint, and it’s easy enough now for someone like my parents to use, but there’s no way it can do what my Win 7 machine can do in terms of running audio applications (Reaper, Guitar Rig, VST’s), and games. I mean you get what you pay for. How is a homebrew programming team going to compete with a huge commercial software house. Netflix is a biggie for me too. I’m hoping one day I can use just Linux exclusively but it’s not there yet.

Steam moving over the Linux is a massive deal for gamers though and that’s an encouraging development. I’ve been a Linux user and advocate for 13 years. Red Hat 7 was my first distro. I stumbled onto it while working toward a CCNA cert. Back in those days, it was definitely a hobbyist thing. To install it, you had to know exactly which video card, motherboard, cpu, etc.

You had and then research to find which driver you would have to enter into the installer command line to get the OS to work. I use windows for two things, quickbooks for my business, and audio recording.

Linux does have some great audio recording software out there, and I would love to use it. But my audio interface is very windows centric and doesn’t play nice with Linux, at least at the moment (the guys at the open source community ffado are back engineering a linux driver for the device). Neon Frank does have a valid point, that there are certain things you simply can not do with linux, especially if you are tied to a specific piece of hardware or software whose vendor does not share drivers with the open source segment of the market place. If that is the case, you are using either of the main platforms of Windows or OS#. Linux has come a long LONG way. Now installing is as easy as anything else.

I use it for my everyday activities. And this is where NF is in error. Linux is as stable as anything out there. For everyday use, it’s absolutely rock solid I’m on Linux Mint Debian Edition as I type this in fact. The only time I ever have a problem is when I try and get creating and tweak the system in ways that neither of the two mainstream competitors even allow, as they are closed source. For everyday use, I MUCH PREFER using Linux, as there is much less a concern for trojans and viruses, and again it’s as stable as the other two systems. Even though I’m a Linux advocate, I have nothing but kind words for the other OS’s.

Apple does UI’s like no other, and windows certainly made the computer very easy to use. Lets face it, without the push of Windows in the last two and 1/2 decades, the advent of the personal computer being a common appliance and vital part of our everyday lives would probably be at least a decade behind what we are used to now. I have to admit, I’m a straight 8 years troll and I wouldn’t go that far =/ But If I have to be serious here; I heard that Adobe guys are working on a Linux port because there is a massive userbase that are demanding a Linux native CS or whatever you call it.

– Let’s say they’ve port their Suite to Linux; I’d stick with GIMP. Because it’s comfortable (to me) If you like something, use it. That’s that simple. Windows isn’t a bad Operating System. But I don’t like something isn’t flexible (native aero theme change isn’t working for me) and co-operative (maybe most people won’t agree with it but I’d like to know how my car works and what dependencies it has to work fine) enough. And in that case, Arch Linux is a solution for me.

– Since I’m an Editor and I know how to use LibreOffice; I would never care about some fancy Office Suite just because it has prestige amongs the consumer. Yet, again, I like trolling.

Neon, here’s a tip for you and it’s a pretty simple one. People should use what works for them. About 14 or 15 years back, I got tired of the BS that comes along with using windows.blue screens.virus problemsMS’s attitude. Today I keep a copy of XP on a dual boot netbook. I fire up windows only when I want to use Dragon Naturally Speaking.

That’s absolutely the only reason windows is on any of my machines. I do page layout at a newspaper so I run OSX, largely because our company is locked into the Mac world so I need to run OSX for my job. However, I do have to admit that I’ve also discovered that I like OSX more for the array of music – midi- recording software available for that platform. I’m not a “fanboy” for Apple or anyone else. I have two Macs I bought used and two HacIntosh machines I built myself. The two Hacks dual book Linux and OSX. For everything else I use a computer for, writing, surfing the web, photos, email, etc., I use Linux because it just works for me without the hassles.

True enough, years ago it could be a bitch to get Linux working with various printers or scanners. That was years ago. These days Linux is generally just as compatible, or even more so, with more hardware than Windows or OSX. Stuff just works.

You might find it interesting to check out some of the more recent distrossay those that have come out within the last decade or so. Finally, a personal observation here. There is absolutely no need to take a holier than thou attitude about what system other folks use or how they use it. That, friend, simply implies your ignorance and lack of manners.

Haha yourself. Linux doesnt do the software you use every day because you learned on software that costs hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Its all part of keeping you dependent on others. Im not knocking you, Im just stating fact. Hopefully your kids will grow up with linux. So much is now available on linux theres no excuse.

Ive ran Ubuntu linux for almost 7 years now as my only OS. I develop and run a few websites, I design & run a tshirt business. I am a successful stock & options trader. Ive also converted my family business to a full linux setup with about 10 computers do different tasks. Running the music center, running a call center, running servo motors, running the camera monitors, etc.

I dont have time to screw around with “why doesnt this driver work”, “why do i have to defrag?”, “why do i need a fast computer to be running anti virus stuff in the background?”, why do i have to buy crapcleaner and all those other products?” WHY? Once you get past the small learning curve and realize you could have freedom, you will take it.

Right now you dont realize what you are talking about. Free men want to be free. I am free, are you? I do some graphic design and web design and agree that there is no good program for serious graphic design work on linux. No reason to dis linux and other operating systems and the folks who use them. Everyone uses the tools that they need. No need to come off as a fanboy goon for windows.lol.

Apple was the standard graphics, animation, and print design for years. This is how they made their bread and butter. Most major sound recording studios still use Apple computers. Many major box office movies were and still are edited with apple computers. Naw, we are not using dos. We are using php and other scripting languages to write programs like this website so you can come here and mock people:) Just use whatever works for you and be thankful you have choices and that there is competition that pushes developers to come up with new ideas. No need to get pissy about it.lol.

I’m old, but keep an open mind and stay young at heart:) •. You need to get infected with Auleron.DX like I did on my dual boot Win7-64 machine and Linux. I just periodically ran critical updates on Windows while using Linux for all work and one day I had the Auleron.DX which activates your proxy setting and inserts an IP address of a Server in Russia, where eager eyes are watching for online purchases and online banking-retirement transactions to glean login information.

This is Windows, (even the 64 bit with highly touted advanced driver signeing). Well, so much for that. If you are perfectly fine with getting hacked and having your accounts drained, Windows is the OS for you. They don’t care about making it secure, they have Mcafee, Symantec, Norton and all the the others to try and do that (after the fact). Linux doesn’t get infected, ever, and if you think it does, post a reply and tell me how to get my LinuxMint 14.1 infected.

I’ve bee posting since 2006 and no one has ever been able to do that. Only morons get viruses? You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about and you don’t know the difference between a trojan and a virus.

I use Linux mint 14.1 which has a software repository of over 60,000 free applications that are secure and contain no trojans. Trojans are secondary programs residing inside installation programs for legitimate programs, so when the use installs his untrusted program he is also allowing installation of malware. If you use any OS and install from trusted sources like repositories or trusted websites like Google.com, you won’t get trojans.

Viruses attack a computer irrespective of the users actions and prey on security vulnerabilities to gain access and install themselves or access protected information. Windows has virtually no security to prevent this attack because it was designed as a standalone system, not a s networked system and it’s source code is poorly designed, from the beginning all the way through to Win8. Linux source code is so well designed that even the Linux Mint Website makes it clear to everyone that anti-virus or anti-spyware is NOT required.

Windows cannot ever do that, because it relies on anti-virus to protect it’s shabby source code. You think you are so smart but YOU HAVE TO USE ANTI-VIRUS and somehow think you are protected. Most Windows virus, rootkit and botnet infections don’t ring the doorbell and announce them to the user. A lot of viruses, zero day exploits, botnets and rootkits are perfectly capable of avoiding anti-virus detection. Have you run a rootkit scanner recently?

However none of this is necessary with properly designed Linux. I have never used anti-virus with Linux and haven’t been infected in over 11 years. And software does not have to install from the terminal. I do it sometimes because I know what I’m doing, but most software is installed through graphical interfaces called the “Software Manager” or “Package Manager” (Ubuntu and MInt) BTW, Mint is the most popular Linux Distro, recently surpassing Ubuntu. Don’t get caught up in numbers.

It depends on whose numbers you are looking at and for what appliance and what audience. Here are examples: Almost everyone I know has a smart phone in this day and age. Look and see what is running on it. I do not know one person who has a ms phone.

Btw, android is built on linux. I also see many people with tablets. If it is not Apple then it is Android (linux). The nook is also built on linux. Win8 is VERY late in the game for both phones and tablets. My government computer (and many other governments) still uses a very locked down crippled winxp.

We are moving towards android tablets for our data collection into our database mainframe unix computers. With educational institutions, I predict MS to begin losing market share as the world starts to work in the cloud. Google already has that foothold. For high school, my 15 year old uses a very basic dell computer loaded with linux and libre office. In her middle school they used mac air computers:) She currently does most of her work in the cloud on both the school’s network and in the cloud with google docs. Our school system chose to use linux and libre office because it simply works and it costs the tax payers less than having to pay MS for a licensing package.

This was the bottom line. We have one full time network person stationed at the school. We are not in a 3rd world country, but in one of the richest tourist counties in NC. Our school board spends our money smartly and wisely and uses what is leftover for hiring better teachers and extracurricular activities. It’s a brave new world and I am watching my child to see which technology her generation grasps. I am so happy she is going to take computer programming, networking, and web design classes her sophomore year.

MS has become so out of touch with their users and tries to force users to work the way MS thinks users should work. They are now trying to play catchup. It’s like trying to watch a fat pig outrun the rabbit who is already three steps ahead. —– Software is ported to Linux, not completely rewritten. The API’s are different so it’s like someone at an old time telephone switchboard reconnecting the program to make it work. I can take Linux Mint, install Wine, which is not a converter to run Windows programs on Linux, but an API converter and install MicroStation V8, which is a $6,000 CAD program.

It runs better on Linux than it ever did on Windows. Windows software will go to Linux much faster than Windows posters could ever imagine. The best example is Google Earth and Picassa running on Linux and Windows. People can’t tell them apart, except Windows locks up and crashes.:-) What do you think happens when owners of Windows software decide to provide a version for Apple? When you buy a Sandisk flash drive the package says it works on Windows, Apple and LINUX. Most people don’t know that Android is Linux. With the popularity of Android over Apple and Windows Phone, don’t you think they are going to want Android for their desktop?

That will allow them a free OS, with no proprietary regulations or product keys, no need to run AV, and no crashes or blue screens. Google Chromebook, Android phones and tablets are just the beginning. Microsoft has already been relegated to the bottom of the pile. Desktops can’t withstand the already present market surge toward Linux. Surface and have the detachable keyboard crack within 2 weeks — and worst of all you STILL have to use AV on Microsoft because they won’t design a secure OS. The Linux Mint website says AV is not necessary, where does Microsoft do that? “It’s safe and reliable.

Thanks to a conservative approach to software updates, a unique Update Manager and the robustness of its Linux architecture, Linux Mint requires very little maintenance (no regressions, no antivirus, no anti-spywareetc).” — + Something you may not realize. Linux is completely independent of Windows. Linux was never designed or intended to be a copy of or compete directly with Microsoft products. That’s why, when anyone uses Linux they don’t have to use anti-virus.

Many people try to draw parallels between Linux and Windows, which is completely wrong. Linux really is designed completely differernt, from a security perspectiive, Windows cannot comptet with it. Linux Mint has the apperarance of Windows, (Especially the KDE version), but that’s strictly for convenience. You can’t run Windows without anti-virus, there are millions of Linux users and they don’t get infected, no matter what websites they visit.

I have over 10,000 saved Linux Forum emails in my Gmail and none of the people posting ever mention infections or are asking how to avoid infections. Wine is a convenience for someone with a Windows program. I don’t have problems with it, but, obviously, as I pointed out above, if you are trying to run games or applications heavy in Active-X, when Linux won’t support Active-X, you are barking up the wrong tree and should get a better understanding of computers.

Active-X has never been secure and allows programmers (yes, even criminals) to write code that allows complete takeover of the Windows computer for the purposes of installing viruses, stealing information or implanting spyware. Microsoft in their ever increasing greed to control the user introduced it in a time where outside intrusions were not as widespread as they are today. So, now it’s a wonderful, Microsoft supplied tool, for criminals to use to break into Windows. I have Borland C++ Builder 5, a C++ programming tool application to create source code and compile it for Windows. It’s interface has a separate tab for Active-X controls.

So any programmer can directly access Windows Operating Systems at the heart of their security, esentially bypassing their security to facilitate installation of malware, if desired. If you Google the Microsoft program, you will most likely easily find the equivalent Linux Debian application name, which can be installed throught the Software Manager as a secure, trusted program without malware and spyware. Judging by the comments, I can tell that some haven’t ever given Linux a try. I’m using it for about 5 years now (I’m 27) and there is no way I’d use a Windows system as a primary OS again too soon. Obviously I cannot game and yes, some hyped software doesn’t run.

If you need a solid system to do everyday stuff, then give it a try. If it’s not after your taste, well so be it.

Move on If you’ve used Linux for some time and know what you do, build your systems from scratch, only then you’ll know the freedom that keeps us using it. Well to be fair, seems like people looked at Linux in 1999 and don’t realize that Linux is actually ahead of Windows now in most ways. There’s hardly any real differences between Windows/Ubuntu/Mac anymore for nontechnical users. Stuff that used to be a big deal on Debian-based Ubuntu 8 is now simple in 12. I actually had to fight more to get stuff shoe-horned into working on Windows 7 (and Vista/8) than I did on Ubuntu 12.04. All the ‘features’ designed to protect Hollywood being missing are just icing on the cake.

“ahead” surely the actual applications that experienced pc users like myself use, are features, so on that note, i can’t use ableton live, 3d studio max, excel (no i don’t like open offices for spreadsheets) the linux preachers like you guys just seem to assume we have just brought out first pc or something. How in incredible is it for you that we use computers for work! People who have trouble with windows, they should frankly buy a mac, i am not a huge mac fan but that’s a computer you also cannot break without root access •. Uhm since when?

Ableton live, 3D studio max and office 2010 ALL work in linux 100% with platinum ratings, possibly even better than it does in windows due to running on faster Ext File system. I think you are one of those people that tried linux 10 years ago and assumed it hasnt changed since then.

Linux gets released every 6 months, Windows every 2 years, this means that every 2 years linux has gone through 4 major upgrades and windows just 1, it was only a matter of time before linux overtook windows. And apart from the gaming side, Linux has overtaken windows in almost every other department. Windows 8 is just a prime example of what CRAP Microsoft is putting out these days. Actually, certain distributions of linux get released every 6 months with updates to the distibutions package/software managers hourly/daily/weekly/monthly. Outside of the distribution’s software, I’ve seen programs upadated even sooner since people around the world are working on them constantly. Thank you to the world linux community who believe that good freedom software should have no boundaries. Sadly, programs such as Gnome3.x GUI have dumbed itself down to create thier own “brand” in order to hopefully get windows defectors.

I use both Windows 8 and recently Mint (Got tired of Ubuntu and their spyware), The gnome 3.x interface is actually less customizable than Windows 8. Thanks to Mint to move forward with their version called Cinnamon picking up what the Gnome 3 developers are failing to do, which is listen to it’s users. MS windows will always be around since they are rooted within our governments, businesses, and educational institutions. Microsoft does a great job of marketing and making it easy for MS trained network managers to keep casual users/employees at bay. Too bad they don’t know how to keep hackers out:) The bottom line with linux on my personal appliances is that I have choice and the abilty to customize the code how I see fit and tweak ’til my heart’s content:) I use windows in a virtual environment only because I have a subscription to a genealogy site in which I have to use their software for easy access to their research database.

I also use adobe graphics programs. Yes, I’ve tried gimp. It’s okay, but cumbersome and does not hold a candle to photoshop. I am no fanboy of any OS or GUI. I just use what works for me. No OS/GUI will satisfy 100% of the population. So use what works for you and be glad you have choices instead of a monopoly.

You’re right about all those systems being able to do most tasks BUT the real issue for me is that regardless of which distro/flavor you are using, Linux tends to break or have components that just do not work. That is a game breaker for people who are not tech savvy or don’t have the time/motivation to troll forums for hours on end trying to find solutions to the problems that pop up. Don’t get me wrong, I like Linux and use it almost exclusively on my laptop but until things become more robust and reliable I think linux will remain in the realm of the geek. I really wonder how many “Linux haters” care to read about Linux news, and not only that take out time to comment on it as well.

Why so much care for something you hate so much? And for Mint I use it for my daily tasks like checking email, writing blog, doing development work etc. I had Windows XP, but I really feel good when I remember those nasty drags for doing simple tasks. Mind you even Mint starts dragging when I open two Android emulators along wih hefty IDE’s and browsers etc. But for my 6+ years laptop it’s a miracle to do that much, had I been on Windows XP it sinply wouldn’t have been possible. And as for MS Office, I can use Google docs if the need arise, yes I live without any office suite, there is no need for that for what I currently do.

No one uses floppy drives today, they are too unreliable and when you use them on different computers, the drive tolerances change causing the disk to become corrupted and useless. If this happens, you can run chkdsk on it and de-frag it and it may become usable at least untill you can copy the files. If you want to run Linux on older hardware get copies of older versions like Linux Mint 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13.

They are available from various archive sites and I’ve never had security issues using older unsupporter verisons without anti-virus. No one uses floppy drives today, they are too unreliable and when you use them on different computers, the drive tolerances change causing the disk to become corrupted and useless. If this happens, you can run chkdsk on it and de-frag it and it may become usable at least untill you can copy the files. If you want to run Linux on older hardware get copies of older versions like Linux Mint 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13. They are available from various archive sites and I’ve never had security issues using older unsupporter verisons without anti-virus.

Yah I was using linux mint 13 and now, downloaded linux mint 14 cinnamon version, I like it!! Very beautiful appearance, but I’m using windows for most of the time anyway, why? Because, I spend little time on my computer, I want to get things done and go outside, but with linux, you have to look for answers in forums, wondering there hours and hours looking for answer for example why does my headphones and front jack does not work?!?! When it simply does on windows. So, it takes too much time to get things done on linux mint. It just looks pretty. But I can’t imagine it as my primary os.

I like to turn it on sometimes but just fo short periods of time. Just because of hardware/drivers supporting issues •. Keep in mind that Linux was never meant to be a copy or clone of Windows. It was developed completely independently using “open source code” which is available to anyone for free and can be freely modified by the user.

So, my point is, what’s happening is you are learning “computer” instead of proprietary Windows. If you stick with it you will learn “computers” as an entity, instead of just proprietary distractions. It will then become much easier for you to learn other “new” operating systems. Harry – To directly answer your question, a GNU/Linux based OS (called a “distro”) like Linux Mint can do everything Windows and OSX can do as far as surfing the web, email plus everyday working with images, music, video and documents, etc. But in the surfing and email end of things there’s either Firefox, Google Chrome (that can be downloaded and installed from the Google Chrome site) or Chromium (Google’s open source project that Chrome is based on). Thunderbird handles your email needs (made by the same folks that make Firefox). In my experience, Firefox start up time is usually faster than in Windows 7 on the same machine and web page rendering is as fast when comparing performance on the same machine.

You’ll need a distro like Linux Mint in order to have everything you’ll need to browse and view videos and listen to music already built in (Flash, Java, video and audio codecs,etc). My idea of the general requirements for Linux Mint are as follows: Dual core CPU with 2 GB memory for the 32-bit version of Linux Mint (you can get away with a fairly modern single core CPU with 1.0 GB memory if you have to). Dual core CPU with 4 GB of memory for the 64 bit version of Linux Mint. And a default installation of a Linux distro like Linux Mint takes a bit less than 5 GB of hard drive space but that’s just for the installation. I tend to dual boot with Windows 7 so I allot a 100 GB partition for Linux Mint so I have plenty of room for my files. If you’re considering replacing Windows with Linux Mint than any modern hard drive has more than enough room.

Video cards/onboard graphics chipsets is your preference but for me I always stick with Intel and Nvida. I stay away from AMD/ATI video cards/onboard graphic chipsets as the drivers tend to be flaky and very buggy. Too much info? Like anything else, when you first begin using something new from what you’re used to using it takes a bit of learning how the new thing works before you become comfortable with it.

But if anyone tells you that you’re constantly going to be working with the terminal, compiling programs and other such nonsense, I’d advise you not to listen. According to your highly inflated specs, I shouldn’t be using Linux Mint 14 at all let alone Linux Mint 13, 12, and 11. But somehow, every single spin of Linux Mint just purrrs along perfectly on a single core Athlon64, nForce4 motherboard, an ATI Radeon x1300, and just 1GB of RAM. And that’s regardless what desktop environment I’ve thrown at it. Gnome2, Gnome3, Unity, KDE, XFCE, and Cinnamon. Never touched the swap partition once.

Even thrown the 64-bit versions at the above hardware as well and got the same rock solid performance with an acceptable 11% – 24% swap partition usage. No Microsoft OS will let you get away with that •. Hooker – I never said you had to have the system requirements I mentioned in my comment. I said “My idea of the general requirements for Linux Mint are as follows:”.

I also said, “you can get away with a fairly modern single core CPU with 1.0 GB memory if you have to” (concerning the 32-bit version of Linux Mint). In fact, I easily dual booted Windows 7 and Linux Mint (32-bit) on a 10 year old desktop PC which had an old AMD Athlon 3200+/32-bit processor and 1.0 GB memory but with many of today’s memory intensive websites, the machine bogged down quite a bit using either OS.

Android Games Free Download Gta Vice City here. Personally, I’d not attempt to run a 64 bit OS on a single core machine with only 1.0 GB of memory but that’s just me. If it works for you, that’s great. I just wouldn’t recommend it to a new user. In short, after 30 or so years working with computers, OSs and the like, these are what I consider realistic specifications which will cover nearly all of the “average/new user’s needs and the specs I mentioned can easily be found in 5 year old PCs never mind the new ones.

I’ve had Mint as my main OS since version 9. Prior to that, I think I’d tried just about every live version out there plus quite a few of the other distros. What originally got me interested in Linux was the live CD of Knoppix- which I utilized a lot in my work as a Windows computer tech/tutor.

Nothing at the time was quite as slick as booting to Knoppix & “saving the da-(ta)” on a borked Windows machine. When Mint 9 released, I made the decision to use it as my only OS- no more dual-booting Windows. I have to say that it was a challenge at first, until I stopped trying to “make it like Windows”. Once I began using it full-time & trying out all of the free programs available in the software manager- I never looked back.

I recently loaded Mint 13 to an SSD (the OS only) & placed my Home folder onto a 600GB Velociraptor HDD (10000rpm). Omg- It is SO fast! Placing the same drives into Windows 7 (which I think is a great OS- maybe the best so far from MS) gave good performance, but no where near what I got in Mint. There’s just something so lean & slick about how Mint runs.

I should also say that I’ve never had it lock-up/blue-screen in the entire time I’ve had 9 loaded. It also boots up to a usable desktop & shuts down faster (even now) than a freshly installed Win 7.

For those who require Windows for their gaming or for specific software that doesn’t run in Linux- fair enough- you shouldn’t use Linux. But the point made here is that overall, the majority of people buying computers don’t need it for the previously mentioned usage. They are not doing CAD, Photoshop, or FPS’s. They browse the internet, listen to music, create documents, edit photos (where GIMP or Irfanview or any number of programs other than Photoshop are perfect for their uses), & use email.

That’s probably 85% of the population- or I should say, that’s roughly the percentage going by my tech sales clients of the past 6 years. I’d also like to say that Linux allows you to “test drive” your hardware before installation- something Windows never did.

If there’s a “deal-breaker” during the test, then don’t use it- simple. RE: software- I’m just gob-smacked at how many good programs there are & how simple & elegant the install is: through the software manager, choose the program you want & click “install”. You can also read all about the particular program before you install, check user reviews, & visit the website- all the links are provided right in the software manager. I’ve had nearly everything I’ve plugged to Mint work- other things took minimal tweaks.

I cannot say enough good things about the Mint community/forums/IRC channel. Anything that ever glitched was taken care of within a day by making a query at one of these spots. I was very impressed with Mint 13, but now will do a test-run of 14 as a comparison. I may just upgrade this weekend. Cheers to all of my fellow techies- no matter what OS you favour.:) PS- I have, & use: Apple Snow Leopard, Linux Mint, Windows XP/Vista/7/8, & Android. There is still a problem plaguing several Linux’s and it is, of course, the problem of peripheral drivers.

Many years ago I went with Mandrake because is was easily installed and it was the friendliest to newbies like myself. But the ALSA library was small then.

I loved Gnome and still do. Then to solve some driver problems I installed SuSe.

KDE was/strange, but I could load up. I’ve gone through many Ubuntus and loved up to 10.10. Then there was Unity which showed Shuttlesworth’s true antagonistic colors against Gnome. 12.10 is a marvel of myriad goodies, but with many, many headaches and offers no better help with drivers. Oh please, won’t someone help with drivers for my Canon MX870 printer since the supposed sudos from Canon are useless- and that prep for the Canon sudos no longer exists? I recently upgrades to “Vista 8” (Win8), and I’m thoroughly disappointed. Most of my programs which worked perfectly in Win7 now crash or simply don’t work.

With Win7, programs that worked well in XP, worked much better in Win7. But these same programs now work worse, or not at all, in Vista8. As for the so-called App-Store, most apps I downloaded simply don’t work. The apologists for Microsoft advise to simply uninstall and re-install — why?? — but that doesn’t help either.

The same apologists say ‘Vista8’ is for the post-PC age. I ask, how does someone who needs a powerful PC in video production use a ‘post-PC’? Is this a little hand-held thing? Well, I don’t want it. I want to work on my dual 24″ monitors using a powerful PC, and an OS that actually WORKS AS I WANT IT TO WORK!! I don’t want Microsoft telling me how I must work. Vista8 has, frankly, destroyed a perfectly good PC of mine.

I have a more advanced PC, and I certainly will NOT BE RUINING it with this useless Vista8. In fact, I am seriously wanting to move on to Linux. Mint 14 looks like the way to go. I am encouraged by the website.

Lots of very handy information there. I’ve tried Linux. I like the UI for the most part. But for Linux to do exactly what I need it to do requires hours and hours of research where Windows will do these things out of the box. I like the idea of having a well rounded operating system. Windows 8, though many are not impressed, has really done a great job.

Once I brought back the traditional start menu it far exceeded my expectations. It ran fast, the UI was much improved from Aero, and it is compatible with EVERYTHING. I’m not happy about the direction windows is going trying to make everything mesh with windows phone but like I said once I brought back the start menu it was like Windows 7 on steroids.

If Linux brings gaming, better software, and support then I might consider switching in the future. I’ve been a Linux user and advocate for 13 years. Red Hat 7 was my first distro. I stumbled onto it while working toward a CCNA cert. Back in those days, it was definitely a hobbyist thing. To install it, you had to know exactly which video card, motherboard, cpu, etc. You had and then research to find which driver you would have to enter into the installer command line to get the OS to work.

I use windows for two things, quickbooks for my business, and audio recording. Linux does have some great audio recording software out there, and I would love to use it. But my audio interface is very windows centric and doesn’t play nice with Linux, at least at the moment (the guys at the open source community ffado are back engineering a linux driver for the device). Neon Frank does have a valid point, that there are certain things you simply can not do with linux, especially if you are tied to a specific piece of hardware or software whose vendor does not share drivers with the open source segment of the market place.

If that is the case, you are using either of the main platforms of Windows or OS#. Linux has come a long LONG way. Now installing is as easy as anything else.

For everyday use, I MUCH PREFER using Linux, as there is much less a concern for trojans and viruses, and again it’s as stable as the other two systems. Even though I’m a Linux advocate, I have nothing but kind words for the other OS’s. Apple does UI’s like no other, and windows certainly made the computer very easy to use. Lets face it, without the push of Windows in the last two and 1/2 decades, the advent of the personal computer being a common appliance and vital part of our everyday lives would probably be at least a decade behind what we are used to now.

I’ve tried Mint 14 yesterday My conclusion is that it’s too slooowww (DualCore 3Ghz/4GB ram/Gts 450 1GB) browsing internet is like a snail ride. Why the heck is so slow? And why do I have to do command line to install a simple Nvidia graphic card driver?who likes to spend an extra time doing these command lines when everybody’s looking for speed andsimpleness: double click->install->ok ->mind your own life?The video driver that came with Mint is like VGA (minor but visible color artifacts-, slow windows movement/blocky, sloooow “start” menu -2 secs?!

Etc) I also had a strange problem like it did not save my settings,wallpaper, downloads, etc.After every restart it becomes a new installed OS. I’ve uninstalled itI’m not against it but my first experience was a total failure. I’ll not try it again in the near future.Unfortunately, I’ll keep my win7 •. I have managed my own Linux web servers for years but have always used Windows on my home PC/laptops. I downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 this week and installed it to see how it works. I like it a lot. I have since tried BACKBOX and Linux Mint 14.

I really like them both. They actually work quite well. However, I do understand why people use Windows.

If your clients use Windows Office products such as Word or Excel, then it makes sense to also be able to use those products. So,where does Linux fit with me at home?

I am about to reformat an older Windows laptop and give it to my daughter. I am going to install some flavor of Linux on it since she will basically do things through the web browser and watch movies. There is a place for Linux and I am happy I have discovered it after so long. With that said, I still have no idea why people use Mac OS. I have worked on some of my client’s MACs and I don’t like them as much as my Win 7 machines. But, to each his/her own. For all those who hate Windows 8, after they looked at it for barely 5 mins, give it a try!

Just like you would give Linux. A 5 year old with enough English knowledge can install and use Windows 8, and they all have one forum. Windows 8 requires no anti-virus!

Linux keeps releasing a version every 6 months! And Linux has no ecosystem! And for a non tech savvy person, will he/she be able to figure out and use Linux? And for all the tech savvy and those who like to experiment, Linux is a highly valid option. Don’t try to compare these two OSes They both have a very different ‘raison d’etre’! Everybody just try to be as objective as possible.

Cheers for Linux and Windows, and Mac:) •. What about those of us who hate Windows 8 after trying it from the dev preview to release?

(And after, as I have a VM of it – I wouldn’t infect a normal system with it – I need to use on occasion for work?) Yes, “linux” keeps releasing a version every six months – and supporting the LTS versions (basically every other version) longer. You don’t have to upgrade every six months. (Something else I happen to have on a VM.) I’ll be honest – my “killer apps” that keep me from using Linux are games. And no, WINE doesn’t support them all, or support them very well – and the linux *community* is part of what keeps me from being more enthusiastic about it.

Sure, there are some great people and then you run into “What, you ‘can’t remember sudo blah-blah somethingodd NoW.remEmb3rtotYp#e-th_is.ALL.in-peRFEctLy.123.-every -FREAKIN-time? Why the hell should we help, get the hell out of here!” far more often. The linux community needs to police itself and present a better face to those who would like to switch. 90% of the time, though, ignoring that – Linux has come a long way. (I’ve peeked at it since well, before it had a GUI.) It installs much easier, and if you’re looking at basic needs (which would be the majority of users) it’s going to be great.

One of what used to be the biggest hangups – wireless drivers – seems to be well taken care of, and it’s been great at detecting and installing printers and other accessories to get you up and running.

Symptoms of Error 1606 • 'Error 1606' appears and crashes the active program window. • Your PC frequently crashes with Error 1606 when running the same program.

• “Could not access network location” is displayed. • Windows runs sluggishly and responds slowly to mouse or keyboard input. • Your computer periodically “freezes” for a few seconds at a time. These 1606 error messages can appear during program installation, while a Autodesk Inc.-related software program (eg.

AutoCAD) is running, during Windows startup or shutdown, or even during the installation of the Windows operating system. Keeping track of when and where your 1606 error occurs is a critical piece of information in troubleshooting the problem. Causes of Error 1606 • Corrupt download or incomplete installation of AutoCAD software. • Corruption in Windows registry from a recent AutoCAD-related software change (install or uninstall). • Virus or malware infection that has corrupted Windows system files or AutoCAD-related program files. • Another program maliciously or mistakenly deleted AutoCAD-related files.

Runtime Errors such as “Error 1606” can be caused by a variety of factors, so it is important that you troubleshoot each of the possible causes to prevent it from recurring. Please Note: Click the [ ] image to expand the troubleshooting instructions for each step below. You can also click the [ ] image to hide the instructions as you proceed through each step.

Manually editing the Windows registry to remove invalid Error 1606 keys is not recommended unless you are PC service professional. Incorrectly editing your registry can stop your PC from functioning and create irreversible damage to your operating system. In fact, one misplaced comma can prevent your PC from booting entirely!

Because of this risk, we highly recommend using a trusted registry cleaner such as (Developed by Microsoft Gold Certified Partner) to scan and repair any Error 1606-related registry problems. Using a automates the process of finding invalid registry entries, missing file references (like the one causing your 1606 error), and broken links within the registry. A backup is automatically created before each scan, with the ability to undo any changes in a single click, protecting you against the possibility of PC damage. The best part is that can also dramatically improve system speed and performance. Caution: Unless you an advanced PC user, we DO NOT recommend editing the Windows registry manually.

Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall Windows. We do not guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. To manually repair your Windows registry, first you need to create a backup by exporting a portion of the registry related to Error 1606 (eg. AutoCAD): • Click the Start button. • Type ' command' in the search box. DO NOT hit ENTER yet!

• While holding CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, hit ENTER. • You will be prompted with a permission dialog box. • A black box will open with a blinking cursor.

• Type ' regedit' and hit ENTER. • In the Registry Editor, select the Error 1606-related key (eg. AutoCAD) you want to back up.

• From the File menu, choose Export. • In the Save In list, select the folder where you want to save the AutoCAD backup key. • In the File Name box, type a name for your backup file, such as 'AutoCAD Backup'.

• In the Export Range box, be sure that ' Selected branch' is selected. • Click Save. • The file is then saved with a.reg file extension. • You now have a backup of your AutoCAD-related registry entry. The next steps in manually editing your registry will not be discussed in this article due to the high risk of damaging your system. If you would like to learn more about manual registry editing, please see the links below.

Tip: If you do not already have a malware protection program installed, we highly recommend using Emsisoft Anti-Malware (). They offer a malware removal guarantee that is not offered by other security software. Over time, your computer accumulates junk files from normal web surfing and computer use.

If this junk isn't occasionally cleaned out, it can cause AutoCAD to respond slowly or provides an 1606 error, possibly due to file conflicts or an overloaded hard drive. Cleaning up these temporary files with Disk Cleanup might not only solve your 1606 error, but can also dramatically speed up the performance of your PC.

Tip: Although Disk Cleanup is a wonderful built-in tool, it will not completely clean up all of the temporary files on your computer. Other programs that you frequently use such Microsoft Office, Firefox, Chrome, Live Messenger, and hundreds of other programs are not cleaned up with Disk Cleanup (including some Autodesk Inc. Because of the shortcomings of the Windows Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr) tool, we highly recommend using a specialized hard drive cleanup / privacy protection software such as (Developed by Microsoft Gold Partner) to clean up your entire computer. Running once per day (using automatic scanning) will ensure that your computer is always clean, running fast, and free of 1606 errors related to temporary files. How to run Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr) (Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10): • Click the Start button. • Type ' command' in the search box. DO NOT hit ENTER yet!

• While holding CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, hit ENTER. • You will be prompted with a permission dialog box.

• A black box will open with a blinking cursor. • Type ' cleanmgr' and hit ENTER. • Disk Cleanup will begin calculating how much occupied disk space you can reclaim.

• The Disk Cleanup dialog box will appear with series of checkboxes you can select. In most cases, the 'Temporary Files' category will occupy the most disk space. • Check the boxes of the categories you want to clean and click OK. 1606 errors can be related to corrupt or outdated device drivers.

Drivers can work one day, and suddenly stop working the next day, for a variety of reasons. The good news is that you can often update the device driver to fix the Error 1606 problem. Finding the exact driver for your Error 1606-related hardware device can be extremely difficult, even directly on the Autodesk Inc. Or related manufacturer's website.

Even if you are experienced at finding, downloading, and manually updating drivers, the process can still be very time consuming and extremely irritating. Installing the wrong driver, or simply an incompatible version of the right driver, can make your problems even worse. Because of the time and complexity involved in updating drivers, we highly recommend using a such as (Developed by Microsoft Gold Partner) to automate the process.

Updates all of your PC device drivers, not just those associated with your 1606 error. Proprietary One-Click Update™ technology not only ensures that you have correct driver versions for your hardware, but it also creates a backup of your current drivers before making any changes. Maintaining a driver backup provides you with the security of knowing that you can rollback any driver to a previous version if necessary.

With updated device drivers, you can finally unlock new hardware features and improve the speed and performance of your PC. Please Note: Using System Restore will not affect your documents, pictures, or other data. To use System Restore (Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10): • Click the Start button. • In the search box, type 'System Restore' and hit ENTER.

• In the results, click System Restore. • Enter any administrator passwords (if prompted).

• Follow the steps in the Wizard to choose a restore point. • Restore your computer. If your 1606 error is related to a specific program, reinstalling AutoCAD-related software could be the answer. Instructions for Windows 7 and Windows Vista: • Open Programs and Features by clicking the Start button. • Click Control Panel on the right side menu. • Click Programs. • Click Programs and Features.

• Locate Could not access network location-associated program (eg. AutoCAD) under the Name column. • Click on the AutoCAD-associated entry. • Click the Uninstall button on the top menu ribbon.

• Follow the on-screen directions to complete the uninstallation of your Error 1606-associated program. Instructions for Windows XP: • Open Programs and Features by clicking the Start button.

• Click Control Panel. • Click Add or Remove Programs. • Locate Could not access network location-associated program (eg. AutoCAD) under the list of Currently Installed Programs. • Click on the AutoCAD-associated entry. • Click the Remove button on the right side. • Follow the on-screen directions to complete the uninstallation of your Error 1606-associated program.

Instructions for Windows 8: • Hover the cursor in the bottom left of the screen to produce the Start Menu image. • Right-Click to bring up the Start Context Menu. • Click Programs and Features. • Locate Could not access network location-associated program (eg. AutoCAD) under the Name column.

• Click on the AutoCAD-associated entry. • Click the Uninstall/Change on the top menu ribbon. • Follow the on-screen directions to complete the uninstallation of your Error 1606-associated program. After you have successfully uninstalled your Error 1606-associated program (eg. AutoCAD), reinstall the program according to the Autodesk Inc. Tip: If you are positive that your 1606 error is related to a specific Autodesk Inc.

Program, uninstalling and reinstalling your Error 1606-related program will likely be the solution to your problem. System File Checker is a handy tool included with Windows that allows you scan for and restore corruptions in Windows system files (including those related to Error 1606). To run System File Checker ( Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10): • Click the Start button. • Type ' command' in the search box. DO NOT hit ENTER yet!

• While holding CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, hit ENTER. • You will be prompted with a permission dialog box. • A black box will open with a blinking cursor. • Type ' sfc /scannow' and hit ENTER. • System File Checker will begin scanning for Error 1606 and other system file problems (be patient - the system scan may take a while).

• Follow the on-screen commands. Microsoft is constantly updating and improving Windows system files that could be associated with Error 1606. Sometimes resolving your Runtime Errors problems may be as simple as updating Windows with the latest Service Pack or other patch that Microsoft releases on an ongoing basis. Csr Racing Hack Download Ios. To check for Windows Updates (Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10): • Click the Start button. • Type ' update' into the search box and hit ENTER. • The Windows Update dialog box will appear.

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